St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-11
WHO Wra.s GET 1T!
The Name of she Next Oil Inspector
Still u Matter of Doubt.

1t comes from an inside source that Nc.
Gill is having difficulty in securing just the
man he wants for the oil inspectOrship
This is the reason the appointment was no!
announced with the others, several days.
ago. Gen. Flower had been selected for
the place, and no further attention was
given to the matter by Gov. McGill. The
opposition to the extravagant fees paid the
oil Inspector, and the talk about abolishing
the position altogether or making
it salaried Office. at the present
session Of the legislature. became 81
pronounced. all over the state, that Flowers
suspicious became aroused and he began to
think that probably, after ALL it was not to
be the fat thing that it had been in the
past. If the legislature made the office
salaried one-$2, 500 to SO, 900 per year
there was not SO much attraction to it.
And there was blooming probability thai
this was just exactly what the Legislature
intended to do. Flower was shrewd
enough to take all this into consideration.
and he weighed the matter carefully. OF
course he wouldn't throw SIT. 900 per an
mum job over his shoulder because there was
no likelihood that he could pick up any
thing near so fat lying around loose in the
Northwest. But the chances were thai
the SIT. 900 part of the job would be knocked
out by. the legislature, and Mr.. Flower
thinking that a bird in the hand was worth
two in the bush, concluded to accept good
position rendered him by the Manitoba
company. This is the reason why Gov.
McGill did not announce the name of the
oil Inspector the other day. There has been
great deal of talk about the office going tn
II. b. WILLIS, OF ST. PAUL.
But the failure of McGill to name him
when he announced the other appointments
is conceded to mean that Willis will not ge.
it. 1t is not generally known, but the real
power behind McGill is Mai Hubbard. of
Minneapolis. He is an intimate friend anu
has been the confidential adviser Of McGill,
and the latter places great reliance in his
judgment. After Flower decided not to
accept the place, it is stated on good au-
thority that Hubbard advised McGill not to
appoint Willis, or any other man from st.
Paul or Minneapolis. The major cOntended
that, if the place was given to a man from
either of the cities, the country people
would raise a commotion. and a general
howl would go up that st. Paul and Min
neapolis always got the fat places. The
major argued that McGill had fine
chance to strengthen his admin
iStratiOn by appointing popular man from
the country. and McGill fell in with the
idea. 1t may be accepted as pretty GER
tain fact that the appointment will come
from the country, and not from st. Paul or
Minneapolis. The difficulty in finding the
right kind of man has led to the delay.
McGill is especially desirons of making his
administration strong with the masses in
the rural districts, and this will be one of
the first steps in that direction. Meanwhile
Capt. Castle, the retiring inspector, smiles
gleefully as he mentally calculates the
ducats that have fallen into his pockets.
They may make the office salaried one
for all he cares He's picked all the plums
off the trees. They can be cut down now
and left on the cold ground to wither and
decay.